Comments on: Happy and Sad Go Together – Good for the Dog; Good for You https://www.somethingwagging.com/happy-and-sad-go-together-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:50:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Donna https://www.somethingwagging.com/happy-and-sad-go-together-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-68457 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:29:16 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9214#comment-68457 ”Wow, I’m sure glad he’s gone.”? LOL! I just pictured you fostering dogs like my Toby, day in and day out. I love him of course, but I also wonder how many other people would have. 🙂

I don’t know. I think if I lived in CA I would appreciate the warm weather. Every. Single. Day. But, like you, maybe that would come from living in a state where we have long dreary winters (and yours are much worse than mine).

I love Florida and I think I could adjust to the hot summers, but I don’t think I could ever move there because of the venomous snakes and gators and fire ants. I’m not afraid of them personally, I actually love wildlife in all its forms, but I DO worry about my dogs sticking their heads where they don’t belong.

]]> By: Julie https://www.somethingwagging.com/happy-and-sad-go-together-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-68132 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:30:21 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9214#comment-68132 The sadness of watching them go is always worth the knowledge that they went to a wonderful home. I totally agree with your California friends – I grew up in San Diego and I try to tell my husband all the time that you end up just taking the weather for granted. Oregon can be gray and dark – but give us one sunny day and everyone is outside taking advantage of the gorgeous day no matter what the temperature! Sometimes we need a little sad to make us appreciate the happy 🙂 Hooray for Layla’s new home!!

]]> By: Jackie Bouchard https://www.somethingwagging.com/happy-and-sad-go-together-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-68118 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:47:34 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9214#comment-68118 The bad/uncomfortable times sure do make the good times that much sweeter.

Hooary for Layla and her new home! I hope she settles in quickly!

]]> By: Amy@GoPetFriendly https://www.somethingwagging.com/happy-and-sad-go-together-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-68096 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:02:34 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9214#comment-68096 I’m so happy for Layla and a little sad for her as well. She can’t possibly understand why she’s leaving the Websters behind and moving in with strangers – but they won’t be strangers for long and then they’ll be hers for the rest of her life. And that’s pretty cool. Hugs to you – this must be the hardest part of fostering.

]]> By: Georgia Little Pea https://www.somethingwagging.com/happy-and-sad-go-together-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-68049 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:39:42 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9214#comment-68049 You can’t appreciate happiness without an understanding of sadness. Yin and yang, a universal truth. Where would we be without Judas, or winter? As a human, I think that. Not sure Georgia feels bad days are “necessary” though 😉

]]> By: Jen https://www.somethingwagging.com/happy-and-sad-go-together-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-68043 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:07:51 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9214#comment-68043 I agree that sadness and discomfort is a part of life. I don’t necessarily like it, but without it I might not be the person I am today.
I have never fostered a dog before, it’s just not something I think I could do but I admire those who do it!

]]> By: MelF https://www.somethingwagging.com/happy-and-sad-go-together-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-68032 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:15:31 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9214#comment-68032 Now I feel happy and sad too. Yes. Being a foster parent is hard sometimes, but you’re right, sadness is all part of the package. I hope Layla settles in quickly and enjoys her new life. Kudos to you for giving her that chance!

]]> By: Jen https://www.somethingwagging.com/happy-and-sad-go-together-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-68007 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:31:21 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9214#comment-68007 I do think sadness and discomfort has its place…..it doesn’t mean I have to like it! 😉

“I stop wearing shoes unless I absolutely have to. I want to sleep outdoors.”

I agree with this wholeheartedly. I have dreams of retiring to a private beach island where there are no hurricanes and I need no shoes.

]]> By: jan https://www.somethingwagging.com/happy-and-sad-go-together-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-67992 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:58:16 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9214#comment-67992 Peaks and valleys, you can’t enjoy the peaks unless you know what the valleys are like.

I am SO not a winter person either. Many years ago I moved to an area where it seldom gets below 50 in the daytime, but 50 feels really cold now while at one time in another place 20 felt balmy.

]]> By: Jodi https://www.somethingwagging.com/happy-and-sad-go-together-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-67986 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:34:40 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=9214#comment-67986 Sadness and discomfort are a part of life. Without them how would we know what happiness was?

I’m sure you will miss Layla, but as you mentioned in a previous post, you are constantly falling in love. And isn’t it wonderful to know that you’ve helped another one find their forever home? 🙂

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